Hello everyone;
I did say "haphazardly" participating in the April PAD Challenge. This is why day one is being posted after day two.
Day 1 prompt of "write an optimistic poem"
Not Dead Yet, Me
Is it really such a tragedy
that my sentences are raggedy
words tread together by similarity?
The conversation is still defiantly
expressions of me.
Is it really such a travesty
that I wander aimlessly?
When I can travel through time so easily
…our life history
…a life lived outrageously.
Is it really such a disparity
that I have forgotten the melody
of your name? Still there’s some clarity….
I know the feelings of family
and passions intensity.
Is it really such an indignity
that something once familiar is now a novelty.
Or that simple tasks escape me.
I still dance to life’s jamboree
and sing majestically.
Is it really such a finality
even as I become more absentee?
There is plenty of life in my legacy.
Don’t bother writing my eulogy,
when there’s still time to create a memory.
©2024 Delaina Miller
Friends
They are the gifts we give ourselves.
It is because of them we take initiatives.
They are the light at adark and lonely tunnel’s end.
That is why we call them friend.
They pull us up when we are down.
It is because of this, we wish for them to never frown.
They push us forward when we are afraid.
That is why, for them, our love and trust braid.
They expect nothing less than our best.
It is because of this that we are blessed.
They offer us their selves and expect the same.
That is why, from them, we cannot refrain.
They have faith and, in us,believe.
This is why, to them, we cleave.
They are an endless smile for our incessant tears.
That is why we merit their cares.
They come and, yes, they may go.
It is because of their love, we grow.
They are our friends without an end.
That is why we all transcend.
Thanks Everyone;
For you love, support and kind words.
I feel very lucky to have you all as friends.
A very lovely poem, Delaina. Your friends are very lucky! 🙂
This is a wonderful, uplifting poem — I am always cheered by your love and optimism, which is so rare and beautiful to see in this world. It is an honor to be your friend.
That is a wonderful poem! Beautiful! It warms my heart just to read it!
Beautiful! I wish I could better express the lovely poem you chose to share but I am not much of a writer so just trust me that it is wonderful and I cherish the words.